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-====== V2 Session One - 19 January 2007 - "The Grackle" ======
+==== V2 Session One - 19 January 2007 - "The Grackle" ====
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 ^ Player ^ Character ^ Race ^ Class ^
-| VW | [[Heilli]] | Human | Soulknife/1 |
+| Dave | [[freyrik|Freyrik Ulthkell]] | Human(Feytouched) | Warlock/1 |
 | THF | [[Líkami]] | Human | Monk/1 |
+| Ken | [[Ash]] | Aasimar | Paladin/1(-1) |
+| VW | [[Heilli]] | Human | Soulknife/1 |
 | Kurt | [[Ketamine]] | [[Crag Gnome]] | [[Witch]]/1 |
 | Chris | [[Yosi]] | Wood Elf | Barbarian/1 |
-| Val | [[Alleraia]] | Human(Aasimar) | Favored Soul/1 |
+| Val | [[Allie]] | [[Lesser Aasimar]] | Favored Soul/1 |
-| Ken | [[Ash]] | Human(Aasimar) | Paladin/1 |
-| Dave | [[freyrik|Freyrik Ulthkell]] | Human(Feytouched) | Warlock/1 |
-//Note: This adventure was adapted from the adventure "Box of Flumph", by Tim
+//Note: This adventure was adapted from "Box of Flumph", by Tim Hitchcock, as
-Hitchcock, as published in the January, 2005 issue of
+published in [[http://paizo.com/dungeon/products/issues/2005/118|Dungeon Magazine #118]],
-[[http://paizo.com/dungeon|"Dungeon Magazine"]], pages 16-31.//
+January, 2005, pages 16-31.//
-**//19 January 1111//**
+=== 19 January 1111 ===
 Magistrate Aurus in the town of [[Stillsquall]] has a problem.  A criminal known
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 Westman) behind bars.
 However, with the town guards occupied by other matters, and with The Grackle's
 reputation as a skilled fighter with a short temper, the magistrate is not too
 keen to expend resources tracking this criminal down.  His solution: Post a
 healthy reward (50 gold pieces) and hope the citizens step up to the task.
 Enter our "heroes"...
 [[freyrik|Freyrik Ulthkell]], a recently fired bartender with a dark secret,
 sees the wanted flyer posted in the “Central Wharfs”.  Knowing that this
 criminal might be more trouble than he can handle, he draws upon a network of
 contacts he's developed over his years tending bar.  He draws in [[Yosi]], a
 hot-tempered, red-headed elf, the planetouched siblings, [[Ash]] and
-[[Alleraia]], and the twins, [[Heilli]] and [[Líkami]].
+[[Allie]], and the twins, [[Heilli]] and [[Líkami]].
 As [[Freyrik]] shows the new team the "wanted" flyer, [[Ketamine]], a [[Crag
 Gnome]] [[Witch]] happens by and decides she could help with the mission.  Since
 it is feared that "The Grackle" will have a gang of thugs with him,
 [[Ketamine]]'s offer of assistance is accepted.
 The party starts out by asking around town to see whether anybody has seen their
 target. They luck out by finding an old dwarf beggar named Goffi.  After a gift
 of ale, and a promise of 2 gold if his information leads to the reward, Goffi
 tells them that he saw a man matching The Grackle's description loading a crate
 onto a small rowboat two nights earlier and then rowing it out in the direction
 of //The Angelina//, a merchant ship anchored in the harbor.
-[[alleraia|Allie]] and [[Ash]] locate Robert, a friendly sailor who is willing
+[[Allie]] and [[Ash]] locate Robert, a friendly sailor who is willing
 to ferry the party out to //The Angelina// at sunset.  It is their hope that
 they can feign to row //past// //The Angelina//, then at the last minute turn
 and board the ship before the crew is able to react.
 Meanwhile, [[Freyrik]] spends the afternoon watching the ship from the docks and
 concludes that there is a crew of perhaps two dozen.  If the crew turns out to
 be hostile, they will likely be in over their heads.
 The party climbs into Robert's skiff and heads out into the harbor.  The first
 thing they notice is that the currents are swifter than their boatsman expected.
 Then, when they begin the "assault", Robert panics and mis-steers.  Instead of
 their stealthy assault, the skiff ends up slamming unceremoniously into the side
 of //The Angelina//, which alerts two of the sailors on deck.
 Surprisingly (or Luckily), the sailors react as if the approaching skiff is
 "normal". They call out to their captain, who steps out from his quarters to
 greet the party.
 He introduces himself as Captain Sarim Pepper, and asks what the party is doing
 here. When [[Heilli]] says they are here to apprehend a criminal, the captain
 seems slightly offended.  He claims to know his crew well and that none of them
-are criminals, let along this "Grackle" fellow.  However, some of the crew --
+are criminals, let alone this "Grackle" fellow.  However, some of the crew --
 especially a shady-looking half-orc -- react uncomfortably when The Grackle's
 name is mentioned.
 After a short debate, the captain agrees to let the party aboard so they can
 inspect his crew.  Upon hearing this, the half-orc jogs down into the ship's
 hold -- just as the captain calls every man on deck.
 [[Heilli]], [[Ketamine]], [[Yosi]], and [[Freyrik]] head to the bow, where there
-is a hatch leading below deck.  [[alleraia|Allie]], [[Ash]], [[Líkami]],
+is a hatch leading below deck.  [[Allie]], [[Ash]], [[Líkami]],
 meanwhile, head to the stairs that descend into the common room.
 Trouble erupts almost immediately, when [[Heilli]] drops through the hatch into
 the Anchor Room and is attacked by somebody hiding in the shadows.  [[Heilli]]
 immediately falls unconscious, as his assailant slips through a door, closing it
 behind him.
 [[Yosi]] drops into the Anchor Room, and seeing his companion on the floor,
 flies into a rage and barges through the closed door.  As he does this,
-[[Ketamine]] drops into the Anchor Room to magically tend to [[Heilli]].
+[[Ketamine]] drops into the Anchor Room to magically tend to the wounds [[Heilli]]
+has suffered at the hands of their new-found foe.
 On the other end of the ship, the three who took the stairs into the common room
 make their way to the door on the other side of the ship's hold.  [[Líkami]] is
 first to arrive at the door, and he decides to wait outside -- expecting the
 villain to emerge.
 On deck, the captain yells out that the ship is adrift and the sailors begin to
 scramble to unfurl the sails.
 [[Yosi]], meanwhile, finds himself in the ship's hold, but he sees nobody else
 here!  With nobody's head to bash, he vents his frustration on a portion of the
 cargo.  When he does this, though, "The Grackle" emerges from the shadows to
 attack, missing the elven barbarian by inches.
 Hearing the noise from within, [[Líkami]] opens the door to see their target
 attacking [[Yosi]].  He leaps in to the fight, delivering a serious blow with
-his fists.  [[Ash]] follows him in ...
+his fists.  [[Ash]] follows him in, but is unable to provide an effective attack
+due to the cramped quarters.
-After Yosi barely misses the Grackle with his greatclub, Likami lands a glancing blow, reducing the villian to near unconsciousness and minimal tactical options.  Yosi's club hangs over him like a shadow of doom....
+After [[Yosi]] barely misses the Grackle with his greatclub, [[Líkami]] lands a
+glancing blow, reducing the villian to near unconsciousness and minimal tactical
+options.  [[Yosi]]'s club hangs over him like a shadow of doom....
 After the second blow, The Grackle goes down on a knee and sees that his options
 have dwindled to one: surrender.  He sheathes his dagger and allows the freshly
 healed [[Heilli]] to bind him up with a rope -- who relieves him of his dagger
-and //secretly// (Ketamine, Likami and Heilli know of this action...Heilli waited until Ash had left, to minimize intraparty friction) cuts his hamstring to keep him from escaping.  Ketamine tends to the nearly-crippled Grackle after Intimidating him with threats of additional painful and debilitating wounds from the vengeful Heilli and barely constrained rage of Yosi.
+and //secretly// cuts his Achilles tendon(([[Ketamine]], [[Líkami]] and
+[[Heilli]] know of this action...[[Heilli]] waited until [[Ash]] had left, to
+minimize intraparty friction)) to keep him from escaping.  [[Ketamine]] tends to
+the nearly-crippled Grackle after Intimidating him with threats of additional
+painful and debilitating wounds from the vengeful [[Heilli]] and barely
+constrained rage of [[Yosi]].
-As the ship foundered, it was clear that the Grackle (and likely half-orc accomplice) had done more that just cut the anchor line, as the sail lines were also cut, causing the Alexandria to founder in the strong currents.  As the rocks loomed large, Likami took a rope and swam to a nearby boat, stabilizing the Alexandria for at least long enough for the crew to regain control of the vessel.
+As the ship foundered, it was clear that the Grackle (and likely half-orc
+accomplice) had done more that just cut the anchor line, as the sail lines were
+also cut, causing //The Angelina// to founder in the strong currents.  As the
+rocks loomed large, [[Líkami]] took a rope and swam to a nearby boat,
+stabilizing //The Angelina// for at least long enough for the crew to regain
+control of the vessel.
 [[Ketamine]] thoroughly searches the villain's equipment and discovers a hidden
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 main deck.
-**// (... return to the magistrate, collect reward, meet the baron ...) //**
+Back at the Town Hall, Magistrate Aurus is pleased at the Grackle's capture and,
+after a brief hesitation, delivers the **50 gold piece** reward to the party.
+In addition to the reward, the party confiscated the Grackle's **armor**,
+**weapon**, **belt**, and money  -- all of which the magistrate allows them to
+keep.
-XP awarded: //to be determined//
+As they count out their gold and distribute it amongst each other, Baron Johann
+Wildhurst makes a surprise entrance!  The magistrate introduces the party by
+saying, "These are the people I told you about."
+Because of their brilliant success in capturing the Grackle, the baron invites
+them all to his keep to discuss a follow-on task.  While he remains tight-lipped
+about what this job might entail, the party agrees anyway.  In two weeks time,
+they are to travel to the baron's manor in the village of [[Feather]].
+Quite unexpectedly, this group of misfits has found their way to becoming a
+successful adventuring party.
+Now all they need is a name...
+== Interlude ==
+//She paced slowly around the long table, absent-mindedly inspecting the place
+settings.  The dinner would naturally be perfect.  The meal was already being
+prepared in the secret kitchen and the slaves who knew of the main ingredient
+would be executed before dawn.  The guards were charmed and even the best of
+them were expendable.  They were, after all, only human.//
+//No, what troubled her was the meeting's agenda.  It had been nearly three years
+since the shadowcoup and their progress was lagging seriously behind schedule.
+The window of opportunity, she feared, was closing fast.//
+//Perhaps the king's bones would be the difference, but even that mission was (at
+best) only a stopgap.  Real power eluded them in the north and even a complete
+takeover of the southern baronies might not be enough to hold these lands.
+Perhaps the others would have better news.  The church warden, especially, had
+offered great promise.//
+//As it had done many times before, the doubts crept into her mind.  Was this plan
+worth it?  Was this climate too inhospitable for them?  Were the natives too
+organized?  She regretted not joining her sister in the orc-infested elf
+kingdom.  Orcs were so much easier to control than humans.  Still...  The prize
+was so great, it **must** be worth the risk.  And there was over two centuries
+of groundwork to back them up.//
+//No...  This plan would work.  It **had** to.  The Serpent Kingdom was already
+faltering in the south.  They **needed** this land to survive.  And they would
+have it -- no matter the cost!//
+==== XP ====
+^ Challenge ^ CR ^
+| "The Grackle" | 3 |
+| Saving //The Angelina// | 1 |
+| Story Bonus | 1 |
+^ Total XP (each) ^ 215 ^
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